PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973)

PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973)

Autograph letter signed « Votre Picasso » to Max Pellequer
[Château de] Vauvenargues, « the 27.[0]4.[19]59 », 1 p. in-4°
Fine condition throughout

Picasso turns to his friend and collector Max Pellequer for his social security and family allowance matters

« Mon cher Max, voici le chèque pour Union de recouvrement de sécurité sociale et allocations familiales.
J’ai envoyé à Sabartès le chèque de K. Quand j’aurais reçu de Sabartès la réponse de l’avoir remis à la Banque je vous enverrai le chèque pour les contributions.
Je vais vous écrire tout à l’heure ou demain plus longuement. Votre Picasso. »

A banker and shrewd art lover, Max Pellequer amassed a considerable collection of modernist works in the 1920s. In 1920, he married Francine Level, niece of the merchant and businessman André Level. It was through him that he met Picasso in 1914. This meeting marked the genesis of an unbreakable friendship between the two men. Pellequer became one of the artist’s closest friends, but also his banker and financial advisor. For more than 30 years, he acquired an incredible collection of paintings and sculptures from Picasso. The epistolary relationship they maintained allows us to take the measure of the ties that united them.